The Historical Inscriptions of Southern India (collected till 1923) and Outlines of Political History c9.s2.t71: Velanāṇḍu Chiefs
The Historical Inscriptions of Southern India (collected till 1923) and Outlines of Political History c9.s2.t71
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Velanāṇḍu Chiefs
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The Velanāṇḍu country proper, otherwise called the ‘Shaṭsahasra’ tract of 6,000 villages, was the Telugu country south of the Krishna river. To its north, between the Krishna and Godavari lay the Vengi country, otherwise known as the ‘Gudravāra’ or ‘Guddavāḍi’-Vishaya a portion of which, about the Godavari delta was called the ‘Konamaṇḍala.’ North of the Godavari, also containing another division, called Guddavāḍi, was the Prōlunāḍu, with capital at Piṭhāpuram. The Velanāṇḍu capital was Isandōl.
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The whole territory was ruled by the Āndhra kings till about A.D. 225, when the Pallavas of Kāñchi seized the Velanāṇḍu tract. They lost it to the eastern Chaḷukyas about A.D. 615 and from them it passed to the Chōḷas under Kuḷōttunga Chōḷa I in 1070.
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The following pedigree is taken from Mr. H. Krishna Sāstri's Table (E. R. 1917, p. 119), with some dates added as gathered from published inscriptions (See also E. R. 1921, pp. 110, 111). The Table is tentative as records sometimes appear to differ.
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1. Malla I, ‘Piḍuvarāditya.’
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2. Erriya I.
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VELANĀṆḌU CHIEFS—contd.
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3. *Malla II* Subject to E. Cāḷukya, Cāḷukya-Bhīma II, *Md.* Koḷḷapāmbā.
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4. *Erriya II* Founder of the family. *Md.* Kaṭṭāmba.
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*Kōrapa*
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*Malla III*
5. *Kuḍiyavarman* Was given the two provinces of Gudravāra by Vimaladitya of the E. Cāḷukyas.
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*Ganda I*
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*Panda I*
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*Nanna* General of Rājarāja I of the E. Cāḷukyas *Md.* Guṇḍāmbikā
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*Kāpaṇa.*
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*Vedura I*
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*Ganda II*
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6. *Gonka I* Was given the Velanāṇḍu province by Kuḷōttunga- Chōḷa I. *Md.* Sabbāmbikā 1077-(?) 1108.
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*Malla IV*
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*Panda II*
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*Vedura II* Minister of Vīra-Chōḷa Viceroy of Vengi. Was given the Vengi country by the Chōḷa king.
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7. *Rājēndra-Chōḍa I* *Md.* Guṇḍāmbikā. Dates from 1115 to 1130
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8. *Gonka II.* *Md.* Sabbāmbikā. Was called ‘Kuḷōttunga-Chōḍa-Gonka’ Dates from 1132 to 1160.
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9. *Rājēndra Chōḍa II* General of Rājarāja Chōḷa II *Md.* Akkāmbikā. Dates from 1163 to 1180.
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10. *Gonka III.* *alias* ‘Kuḷōttunga-Manma-Gonka’ *Md.* Jayāmbikā
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11. *Prithvīśvara*
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NOTES.—For pedigree, etc., see Dr. Hultzsch’s article on the Piṭhāpuram inscription (*E.I. iv*, 35). There are some 13th century dates for chiefs of the line, e.g. Kuḷōttunga-Rājēndra-Chōḍa-Gonka, A.D. 1237-38, and 1239-40 and 1254-55. (*V.R. ii*, Godavari, 317, 342; 411, 436 of 1893; Guntur 854; 160 of 1899). And the same name in A.D. 1270-1. Before 1112 (when Kuḷōttunga-Chōḷa I died) Rājēndra-Chōḍa I had the Vengi province conferred on him by that king, after the king had adopted him as his son. Gonka II is said to have ruled the whole Telugu country from Kāḷahasti to the Mahēndra mountain in Ganjam. His wife Sabbāmbikā was daughter of the ‘Giripaśchima,’ or ‘West of the hill’ chief. (See ‘Koṇḍapaḍmaṭi’ chiefs pedigree—Table above).